Avary Investigates Wolfenstein

Oscar winner Rogery Avary (Silent Hill, Beowulf) has been hired to write and direct the feature film version of the ID Software videogame Return to Castle Wolfenstein for Silent Hill producer Samuel Hadida's Davis Films.

"I've been playing the character of B.J. Blazkowicz since the epic Wolfenstein 3D first bruised my brain and have ever since wanted to bring his adventures to life on the bigscreen," Avary informed Variety. "It's time to bust some dams, storm some bunkers and blow up some bridges."

Before Davis Films snagged the rights, Mark Gordon had been developing a Castle Wolfenstein movie at Sony.

As Variety points out, Hadida has a few games-to-film projects in the pipeline, including Resident Evil: Extinction and Onimusha (with Christophe Gans directing).